Wait PS3 is up year over year? 

U R Not Red(E)

yup, its just fun to see him called out on a forum.  

Originally Posted by Albert Penello

At Microsoft, we have a position called a "Technical Fellow" These are engineers across disciplines at Microsoft that are basically at the highest stage of technical knowledge. There are very few across the company, so it's a rare and respected position.

We are lucky to have a small handful working on Xbox.

I've spent several hours over the last few weeks with the Technical Fellow working on our graphics engines. He was also one of the guys that worked most closely with the silicon team developing the actual architecture of our machine, and knows how and why it works better than anyone.

So while I appreciate the technical acumen of folks on this board - you should know that every single thing I posted, I reviewed with him for accuracy. I wanted to make sure I was stating things factually, and accurately.

So if you're saying you can't add bandwidth - you can. If you want to dispute that ESRAM has simultaneous read/write cycles - it does.

I know this forum demands accuracy, which is why I fact checked my points with a guy who helped design the machine.

This is the same guy, by the way, that jumps on a plane when developers want more detail and hands-on review of code and how to extract the maximum performance from our box. He has heard first-hand from developers exactly how our boxes compare, which has only proven our belief that they are nearly the same in real-world situations. If he wasn't coming back smiling, I certainly wouldn't be so bullish dismissing these claims.

I'm going to take his word (we just spoke this AM, so his data is about as fresh as possible) versus statements by developers speaking anonymously, and also potentially from several months ago before we had stable drivers and development environments.

God, they just need to shut the hell up. They act as though sony dont know their shit. And they are the only one's with co processors. I guess well just have to see. When PS4 starts winning all the head to heads. what will they say then?

Yo peeps Albert Panello alert! He is back and he is back swinging....adding bandwiths....talking to secret devs...super audio chips...fellow technical fellow meme and more!

haha man I love console launches..brings the worst in PR

he just keeps going tonight,  he got pwnt:

Last post? Not even close. Sorry - still many more meme's yet to come.

As was kindly suggested by someone in a PM, it's unlikely anything more I'm going to post on this topic will make it better. People can believe me and trust I'm passing on the right information, or believe I'm spreading FUD and lies.

When I first started coming on, I said what I wanted to do was speak more directly and more honestly with the community, clarifying what we could because you guys have more detailed questions then we had been dealing with.

Regarding the power, I've tried to explain areas that are misunderstood and provide insight from the actual engineers on the system. We are working with the technical folks to get more in-depth. As I said - they are more credible then I am, and can provide a lot more detail. Best I leave it to them.

Next stop - launch itself. Only then, when the games release and developers will inevitably be asked to compare the systems, will we there be a satisfying answer.

Until then, as I have been, I'll try and answer what I can. But I'm not going to add more on this topic.

btw guys, the Vita TV costs 99$. im pretty sure thats sold at a profit or breaking even. so does that mean the Vita is being sold for profit (probably a rather big one too?) because the vita is now 199$ a full 100$ more than the Vita tv and it packs just a screen (that isnt HD). so is it reasonable to think that the PS vita is making a rather good profit at 199$?

but when is it coming to NA

I think it's reasonable to assume the vita was profiting for a while now. There's no way the components on the new vita design cost near 199 to manufacture

Sooo...In other words he's trying to make the system sound better?